Dan Callies, Oak Creek Plumbing, Kitchens & Bathrooms, Oak Creek, Wisconsin, figured out how to keep customers out of the showroom, but still keep in touch.

How home service contractors respond to a crisis can have long-term consequences for their companies — and even impact the viability of those businesses.

We have so many options to consider these days when designing or installing hydronic systems. 

The life of the incandescent bulb has been turbulent. However, the end of the road may be in sight: The LED bulb is here to stay. 

Maybe, but there are new people who will be attracted to your company because of those manuals. And they will be the best employees you’ve had.

The adage, “If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it,” is somewhat like a reactive maintenance plan. 

Procrastination. Distractions. Paralyzing deadlines. Missed workouts. You know what needs to be done. You know what you want to do. But you don’t do it. What stops you?  

Healthier communities that stopped burning fossil fuels and no longer emit greenhouse gases are a result of thermal energy networks. 

When you enter the business arena, you encounter the costs of doing business.

Professionals working in the built environment have a key role to play in laying the groundwork for new ways to approach energy and water use in buildings that allow them to exist in harmony with nature, rather than as environmentally damaging blights on the planet’s surface.